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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 2, 2017 18:57:15 GMT -5
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Post by jjas on Feb 2, 2017 19:12:18 GMT -5
Were days added to the late antlerless season?
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Post by greghopper on Feb 2, 2017 19:21:47 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 2, 2017 19:38:59 GMT -5
Were days added to the late antlerless season? It goes out the first Sunday in January every year.. same as archery
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Feb 2, 2017 19:41:25 GMT -5
Yeah but usually there is about a week break from muzzleloader to antlerless, but not next year. 13 days next year compared to 7 this year.
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Post by jjas on Feb 2, 2017 19:54:24 GMT -5
Were days added to the late antlerless season? It goes out the first Sunday in January every year.. same as archery Thanks for clearing that up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 20:20:52 GMT -5
Wow! Gun opening day a week later and on a new moon. I bet Ohio will start on 12/4. Typically the 1st Monday of December for 7 days. Not posted yet. I'm glad I'm mostly a bow hunter. Diffidently, going to start practicing over 50 yards up to 70. Might have to invest in a good crossbow with a scope for the long bow shots.
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Post by ms660 on Feb 2, 2017 21:26:23 GMT -5
Wow! Gun opening day a week later and on a new moon. I bet Ohio will start on 12/4. Typically the 1st Monday of December for 7 days. Not posted yet. I'm glad I'm mostly a bow hunter. Diffidently, going to start practicing over 50 yards up to 70. Might have to invest in a good crossbow with a scope for the long bow shots. There are many out there that think and feel the way you are thinking , but if you think buying a crossbow for long range killing is going to be a cake walk, your kidding yourself. Yes there are those that fling arrows at 70-80 yards with a crossbow and kill deer, but in reality, there's so much that can go wrong at longer ranges. Then there are those that limit their shots to 40 , maybe 50 yards. Punching a hole in a target is not that hard to do at a long distance when the target is anchored down and not able to move. The same goes for vertical hunting IMHO.
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Post by jjas on Feb 3, 2017 8:13:25 GMT -5
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You are exactly right. It's easy to drop arrows in @ longer ranges in the yard or shoot great groups @ the range off a bench with a firearm, but in the field it's all different...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 10:08:22 GMT -5
Wow! Gun opening day a week later and on a new moon. I bet Ohio will start on 12/4. Typically the 1st Monday of December for 7 days. Not posted yet. I'm glad I'm mostly a bow hunter. Diffidently, going to start practicing over 50 yards up to 70. Might have to invest in a good crossbow with a scope for the long bow shots. There are many out there that think and feel the way you are thinking , but if you think buying a crossbow for long range killing is going to be a cake walk, your kidding yourself. Yes there are those that fling arrows at 70-80 yards with a crossbow and kill deer, but in reality, there's so much that can go wrong at longer ranges. Then there are those that limit their shots to 40 , maybe 50 yards. Punching a hole in a target is not that hard to do at a long distance when the target is anchored down and not able to move. The same goes for vertical hunting IMHO. I agree, practice and practice!!! A long time ago I practiced so much that I could shot up to 40 yards throw a rolling tire. I was single then. Not anymore!
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Feb 3, 2017 10:19:53 GMT -5
Yeah but usually there is about a week break from muzzleloader to antlerless, but not next year. 13 days next year compared to 7 this year. Muzzleloader comes in on December 9th so its only 5 days. Shotgun goes till Dec 3 this year.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Feb 3, 2017 13:16:16 GMT -5
Yeah but usually there is about a week break from muzzleloader to antlerless, but not next year. 13 days next year compared to 7 this year. Muzzleloader comes in on December 9th so its only 5 days. Shotgun goes till Dec 3 this year. Right. I was saying the special antlerless season is going to be 13 days next season compared to 7 this year.
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Post by ms660 on Feb 3, 2017 15:02:55 GMT -5
There are many out there that think and feel the way you are thinking , but if you think buying a crossbow for long range killing is going to be a cake walk, your kidding yourself. Yes there are those that fling arrows at 70-80 yards with a crossbow and kill deer, but in reality, there's so much that can go wrong at longer ranges. Then there are those that limit their shots to 40 , maybe 50 yards. Punching a hole in a target is not that hard to do at a long distance when the target is anchored down and not able to move. The same goes for vertical hunting IMHO. I agree, practice and practice!!! A long time ago I practiced so much that I could shot up to 40 yards throw a rolling tire. I was single then. Not anymore! I'm not saying that taking and making a killing shot is not impossible at long ranges with a crossbow, but there are far more negative factors than positive ones. A small tree limb you may not see, the deer taking a step that you think is still, wind drift. My main point I was making is that there are a lot of misinformed hunters that think making a killing shot with a crossbow at long ranges is an easy thing to do and a reason to buy one to use as a weapon for deer hunting. Even with 1000's of hours of practice it's not, simply because a living deer and a foam target doesn't think or react a like.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 15:52:48 GMT -5
I agree, practice and practice!!! A long time ago I practiced so much that I could shot up to 40 yards throw a rolling tire. I was single then. Not anymore! I'm not saying that taking and making a killing shot is not impossible at long ranges with a crossbow, but there are far more negative factors than positive ones. A small tree limb you may not see, the deer taking a step that you think is still, wind drift. My main point I was making is that there are a lot of misinformed hunters that think making a killing shot with a crossbow at long ranges is an easy thing to do and a reason to buy one to use as a weapon for deer hunting. Even with 1000's of hours of practice it's not, simply because a living deer and a foam target doesn't think or react a like. I agree with all. I took my longest this past season after 3 years practicing. I've shot a few trees and or branches over the years. Not one dropped yet. I have a good field location that is 65 yards wide. I had a monster go by this year and just watched at the other end of the field at 65 yards. I hope to have a chance one more time. I did ask my brother to move the cut lane closer to help out. The deer always take the cut path. Trying to move the deer a little closer.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 3, 2017 17:58:12 GMT -5
I've hunted with a crossbow since 2001. Because of the increased speed I've increased by maximum shooting distance over a compound by about 5 yards. With the crossbow I will shoot 40 yards at a relaxed, stationary and good angled deer. Further than that a LOT can happen by the time our minds say shoot, we pull the trigger, the arrow clears the bow and gets to the deer.
Just because we can shot at targets pretty far away doe not mean we should do the same on a deer.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 3, 2017 18:08:11 GMT -5
I've hunted with a crossbow since 2001. Because of the increased speed I've increased by maximum shooting distance over a compound by about 5 yards. With the crossbow I will shoot 40 yards at a relaxed, stationary and good angled deer. Further than that a LOT can happen by the time our minds say shoot, we pull the trigger, the arrow clears the bow and gets to the deer. Just because we can shot at targets pretty far away doe not mean we should do the same on a deer. You said a mouthfull there....
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Post by featherduster on Feb 3, 2017 18:13:13 GMT -5
I've hunted with a crossbow since 2001. Because of the increased speed I've increased by maximum shooting distance over a compound by about 5 yards. With the crossbow I will shoot 40 yards at a relaxed, stationary and good angled deer. Further than that a LOT can happen by the time our minds say shoot, we pull the trigger, the arrow clears the bow and gets to the deer. Just because we can shot at targets pretty far away doe not mean we should do the same on a deer. You said a mouthfull there....
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Post by beermaker on Feb 3, 2017 18:16:24 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the later gun opener. That gives me more time (in peace) with the crossbow. What would really make me happy is some acceptable weather for ML season here in the southern part.
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Post by jackryan on Feb 3, 2017 19:33:50 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the later gun opener. That gives me more time (in peace) with the crossbow. What would really make me happy is some acceptable weather for ML season here in the southern part. I'm a bigger fan of "Last in, FIRST out". About the biggest argument ever time they add or change something is it doesn't hurting any thing, hardly different from ... what ever. Well if things have changed enough they have to start cutting dates and season and re arranging then IT MADE A DIFFERENCE. There is nothing to figure out. Just start backing up to the good times. Last in, first out.
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Post by M4Madness on Feb 4, 2017 5:54:53 GMT -5
I haven't looked at the special antlerless season dates, but I can guarantee the rest are at their normal dates -- the archery opener on October 1, the firearms opener on the first Saturday after Veteran's Day, and the muzzleloader opener three Saturdays after the firearms opener. It's been the same for decades.
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